#49B8A1#49B8A1

#49B8A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8A1
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 161)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 12.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -37.11, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 37.19, 176.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1065 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.107 177)
XYZ	xyz(26.3182, 38.2680, 39.7108)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8A1 #B84960

analogous

#49B86A #49B8A1 #4997B8

triadic

#49B8A1 #A149B8 #B8A149

tetradic

#49B8A1 #6A49B8 #B84960 #97B849

square

#49B8A1 #6A49B8 #B84960 #97B849

split-complementary

#49B8A1 #B84997 #B86A49

monochromatic

#266155 #378D7B #49B8A1 #75C9B8 #A1DACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#49B8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#49B8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8A1

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8A1	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1ADA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cebc',
    500: '#49b8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8a1;
$custom-light: #87cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.568,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71258,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.38271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8A1

secondary

#C796A0

accent

#546FD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8A1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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